Motor vehicle attachment



July 21, 1931. J. H. GRAY MOTOR VEHICLE'ATTACHMENT Filed May 4. 1929 JOSEPHIH.VGRAY, or ronszroiv, rEXAs, AssIGNoa-er curl-HALF To JOSEPH c." HURICEY ,MOITVQR v HIcLE madman Application "filed May 4, 19 291," seriaifno. 360,414.

This invention relates to new, useful improvements in a motorvehicle attachment.

One objectof this invention is to provide an attachment of the'character' described awhi'ch is associated with the gear shift leverand the accelerator ofa] motor vehicle and through which the accelerator may bemanui ally operated to control the 'supply of fuel to the motor, and through ,which said fuel sup- 10 ply may also be controlled the foot of the operator. r a a a In drlvlnga motor vehlcle 1t is customary torscontrol the accelerator through the foot of'the operator, but at times, particularly,

15 when driving in trafiic, the operator in controlling the clutch and brakepedals can not also operate the accelerator by foot, and

under'such conditions, the device hereinde scribedmay be employedforfeeding the fuel to to the'motor as needed by hand.

Another objectof the invention is to proi vide an attachment of thecharacter described which is sojlocated with reference to thegear shift lever that the operator may control 25 the fuelzsupply' with the same hand with which'he, operates said lever to shift gears when a change in speedbecomes necessary.

-With, the aboveand other objects in view the inventionhas certain particular relation 5 I u V I H controlling device and a gear shiftinglever;

tocertain novelfeatures of'constru ctio'n, operation and arrangement of parts, an eXam ple of which is given'in this specification and s illustrated in the? accompanying drawing wherein the figure shows afragmentary-perattachment applied thereto.

5 Referring now more particularly to the drawing the numeral l'designates the'motor vehicle as ,ajwhole, having the foot board 40 The vehicle is'equipped with the'usual accelerator lever 3, through which the supply of fuel to themotor may be controlledby the foot of the operator. There isa pivotally mounted foot rest 4 on the footboard shaped to "form a convenient support for the footof pedals respectively, and-the numeral? desig- 5 spective'view of the vehicle and showingthe V hates the shift lever through which transmission gears may be shifted in changingspeeds',

member-v11 and whose lower end is connected -Mounted in 'suitably aligned bearings-8 and 9 Oll thegear shift lever 7 there isa' control; rod o w 10 whose upper end carries a transverse grip ip to therear end of the actuating rod 12. The f 1 other end'of the rod 12 isover turned form ing the transverse portions 13, which work throughthe transversely aligned bearings 14, 14, and the free end 15 ofsaid over turned portion is turned rearwardly underneath the heel of the foot rest.

Under conditions where the operator is not able to control, by foot, the fuel supply, the hand grip 11 may be pulled upwardly, and

this will operate, through the mechanism dein turnactuate the accelerator lever 3 and the supply of fuel to the motor may thus be accelerated, and this'result may be effected 2 while manipulating the gear shift lever as "the natureof the case may require. I

A preferred form of the attachment has invention will claims. 7

I What I claim is:

1. In a motor vehicle having a fuel feed a pivoted foot lever associated with andoverlying said controlling devlce and through and operative connections between said scribed to operate the foot rest 4: which will. i"

'been shown andxdescribed bywayof illustration only, while the broad principle of the be defined by the appended,

at rod and foot lever, and independent of said foo-t lever, whereby the latter may be operated from the rod to operate said feed controlling device. I

V 2. In amotor vehicle having an accelerator and a gear' shifting lever; a foot lever throughwhich the accelerator may be operated, a'manually operable control rod mounted on theshifting lever, and operative connections between said control rod and said foot lever whereb-ygthe latter may be operated from the former saidconnections including I an actuating rod having an overturned end lever; 1

rranged to engage and actuate said foot 3. In amotor vehicle having an accelerator r r I j and a shift lever, a lever operative through' the, foot of the operator and. through which saidaccelerator maybe operated, a manually operable control rod associated Withthe shift lever and operative connections between said rod; and: said foot lever whereby the latter may beopeiiatel from the former to; aotuate said accelerator saiolv connections including a '7 V pivotally monnted aotuating rocloneentl of v with is connected" to the control rod was able With said foot lever; r

4. In a motor vehicle having ,a {fuel feed controlling-device and a gear shifting lever, a pivoted; foot lever assjooigated with over lying $31,161: l oontrbllingf device and through V which thesame mayr-b eoperakted a maximally op rablerodkeln saiel sh i ftjnmg levereaiiiilgoperat a oonneetions between 'sailrod aind .fooit lev wh eby the latter be opena-ted. I

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